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Preventing Credential Theft: A Security Checklist for Boards
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10/30/2017 | 5:15:43 PM
Thanks for the article
It's my experience that the "senior execs" or "Board" are the very users that bring the most sense of entitlement to IT/IS.  You know, she wants her email address to just be Renee*AT*megacorp.com, he wants to use his Mac or iPad that isn't supported or get this... A CEO at a major, global corporation that requested thier spouse (not an employee) be given remote access and Outlook email delegation from a non-company asset.  That truely happened, AND that company has regulated messaging!  Digital communications subject to SEC 17a-4.

It really puts our technology and security practitioners between the hammer and the anvil when senior leaders demand unsupported and/or non-compliant configurations.  It represents audit jeopardy and lowers the security posture of the firm.  The Board will be the most resistant users to 'security overhead' such as the Checklist and the target on their CISO's back enlarges.


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